Musical dozing animal toy



Dec. 9, 1952 F. PARISI MUSICAL DOZING ANIMAL TOY Filed Sept. 6, 1949 Y Mm m A K M. 5%

Patented Dec. 9, 1952 v 2,620,594 MUSICAL DOZING 'IlOYL Fra k r sh Newor sN, Application September 6, 1949,; SerialNo. 114;11 1

This invention-is atoyadaptedfor slow. side-v wise; or; endwisemovementsimulating, for. ex.-.

wound by a key, the latterjhaving an extension or attaghmnt whichrotates with the keyas the springunwinds and which is I adapted to:engag a support-upon which the toyis'placed, the -support;act ing as anabutment-for; said extension. Theextension, asit-rotates, raises thebody-of the toy gradually and permits it to lower gradually.

Various further and more specific objects, features and advantages willclearly appear from the detailed description given below taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings which form a part of thisspecification and illustrate merely by way of example some embodimentsof the device of the invention.

The invention consists in such novel features, arrangements andcombinations of parts as may be shown and described in connection withthe apparatus herein disclosed by way of example only and asillustrative of a preferred embodiment.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a toy animal embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a left-hand side elevation of Fig. 1, showing the movement ofthe animal during operation of the device;

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a clock mechanism embodying the inventionin a modified form; and

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a clock mechanism embodying the inventionin a further modified form.

In the following description and in the claims, parts will be identifiedby specific names for convenience, but such names are intended to be asgeneric in their application to similar parts as the art will permit.Like reference characters denote like parts in the several figures ofthe drawing.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, there is disclosed astufied toy animal H1, in this specific instance, simulating a cat orkitten. Characteristic. of a. Cat/:01:- kitten who-.is .inarestingordozing. position, its front legs ,I HEX-.-

tend outward .either in an outstretched:or.-folded=v positionsubstantially parallel with itsbody; l 0a,, while its .hind legs. I2'1extend' on stretch outwards springwoundz mechanism I 51;: which is.capableof being woundbyazkey. l6, which key. is-adapted:

to rotate as the spring-unwinds.-

The mechanismi I 5 'is solocated that itsuwinde. ing shaft" is. adapted:to engage the stem ll: of the key :I 6 at: or adj acent the-bottom ofbody. 1 0a of thetoy animal; Stem l'lihas. an angular) ex.- tensionIii-which is adaptedL-toengage intermittently with the support uponwhich the toy animal is reclining or otherwise placed.

The key may comprise the conventional wing key used in clock mechanism,to which there is attached an extension which is adapted tointermittently engage the support; or the key (as indicated in Figs. 1to 3) may have the angular or lateral arm or extension I8.

It is quite apparent that after the springmechanism has been wound withkey It and the toy animal laid upon the flat support 20, such as atable, that, as the spring unwinds its shaft will rotate key 16. Whenand while arm or extension [8 of key l6 engages the support 20 andcontinues to rotate, the body Illa of the toy animal, in factsubstantially the entire toy animal, will vary slowly sway forwardlaterally; and when and while extension 18 during its rotationdisengages from support 20, due to the toy animal tending to rightitself on account of the action of gravity, the body of the toy animalwill slowly sway backward. Thus, the for-ward and backward slow swayingof the toy animal will simulate the dozing action of a real animal, asindicated in Fig. 3.

Fig. 4 schematically illustrates a clock mechanism embodying theinvention in a modified form. In this figure the numeral 25 representsthe clock mechanism having a winding key 26 provided with the stem 21and wing extension 28. Attached to a rotatable part 29 of the clockmechanism, is an arm 30 at the free end of which is rotatably mounted aroller or wheel 3!. As the clock spring unwinds shaft 29, in turningwill rotate arm 30. During rotation of arm 39, the wheel 3| whenengaging the support 20 will revolve, thus producing a smooth and lessfrictional result therebetween.

Fig. 5 schematically illustrates a clock mechanism embodying theinvention in a still further modified form, and as particularly adaptedfor use in connection with causing another part of the toy animal tosway or otherwise move, for example its tail 35. Connected with arotatable part 36 of a conventional clock spring mechanism 31 is aneccentric member 38. Fulcrumed to the animals tail 35 at 35a is an arm39 having at its free end a roller or wheel 43 held in contact witheccentric member 38 by a spring 41 having one end attached to arm 39 andits other end attached at 42 to the frame of clock mechanism 31. It isapparent that as the spring of the clock mechanism unwinds rotatingeccentric member 38, arm 39 will cause the tail 35 of the toy animal toswing or wag as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 5. A conventionalwinding key 43 is provided to wind up the spring of the clock mechanism.

In order to add to the attraction of the toy animal, a musicaldevice'may be associated with or incorporated in the spring-wound clockmechanism, so that as the spring unwinds the music will play.Spring-wound musical devices are conventional and well known to thoseskilled in the art. Hence, it is not considered necessary to depict thesame in the drawing.

Although I have described my improvements with considerable detail andwith respect to a certain particular form of my invention, I do notdesire to be limited to such details since many changes andmodifications in the form, arrangements, proportions and sizes thereofmay well be made without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention in its broadest aspect.

Having thus described my invention, what I 4 claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

A toy figure comprising a body adapted to be placed upon a support, amusical device disposed within said body, a spring motor disposed withinsaid body and operatively connected to said musical device for actuatingthe latter during the unwinding of the spring motor, a rotatable shaftconnected to said spring motor for winding the latter and extending outof said body, said shaft being rotated by the spring motor duringunwinding of the latter, and a winding key on said shaft outside of saidbody, said key being formed to engage the support when said body isplaced upon the latter and, when rotated with said shaft by theunwinding action of said spring motor, to cause said body to rock backand forth in a movement simulating a dozing action and simultaneouslywith the actuation of said musical device, said key and body beingarranged so that the center of gravity of the latter at all times liesbetween the point of contact of said body with the support and the pointof contact of said key with the support.

FRANK PARISI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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